This library tries to provide an open source interface to the rfid reader mir:ror by violet. This is only tested on linux. Maybe it works on other Unixes (FreeBSD, OSX, etc.) too.
Sample input:
Mifare-type rfid (used in some cafeteria / library cards) 02 01 00 00 04 72 9c 0b 90 nano:ztag 02 02 00 00 08 d0 02 1a 03 52 d0 2a af
Protocol:
------- payload ------ | | | | | | | | -- payload size | 02 02 00 00 08 d0 02 1a 03 52 d0 2a af ^ -- opening flag ^ -- direction (01 for arriving at the reader / 02 for leaving the reader) ^ ^ ------ padding or additional payload size information
This is rather a rough scretch than a working interface.
To use this, you have to
In order to be able to access the mir:ror ruby-mirror needs read access to the device file. ruby-mirror will automatically try to detect the device and set the necessary permissions. In order to do so it needs root privileges. ruby-mirror will try to obtain those privileges by first trying sudo and if that fails su.
The script running with root privileges (detect-mirror) is completely seperated from all other ruby-mirror code. After successful detection all ruby-mirror code runs with normal user privileges.
$ ruby bin/ruby_mirror.rb examples/bunny.mir oneiros' green bunny is in the house. oneiros' green bunny has left the building. hey d0021a053b4d20c3 stranger, never seen you before
Mir:ror ID
$ sudo lsusb -d 1da8:1301 -v Bus 001 Device 010: ID 1da8:1301 Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 1.10 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x1da8 idProduct 0x1301 bcdDevice 1.00 iManufacturer 4 Violet iProduct 18 Mirror iSerial 32 4310FFFF <---- bNumConfigurations 1
which corresponds to the violets mir:ror id FFFF0134
If you can provide code or information regarding the mir:ror or the ztamps please contact me.
See COPYING for legal information. It’s an MIT license, which lets you do anything you want with this.